Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2016

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2016 were Ava for girls (266 babies) and William for boys (357). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,061 babies born in South Carolina in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2016

Names given at least 15 times in South Carolina that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Charleston: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Ansley: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ellison: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Collins: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Carlee: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Malaysia: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lauryn: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Princess: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kennedi: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kyleigh: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Banks: 15 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Coleman: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Princeton: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sullivan: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chandler: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Terrance: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Sincere: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kingston: 135 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Messiah: 70 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Curtis: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Ava	266	–	3
2	Emma	259	↑1	1
3	Olivia	229	↓1	2
4	Charlotte	204	↑7	7
5	Madison	165	↓1	15
6	Isabella	163	–	5
7	Elizabeth	158	↓2	13
8	Harper	158	↓1	11
9	Skylar	148	–	42
10	Caroline	145	↑2	56
11	Riley	145	↑23	22
12	Amelia	143	↑1	10
13	Abigail	141	↓5	8
14	Sophia	141	↑1	4
15	Emily	128	↓5	9
16	Ella	120	↑9	17
17	Addison	119	↑3	29
18	Layla	119	↑4	30
19	Chloe	118	–	20
20	Zoey	118	↑7	26
21	Evelyn	114	↓3	12
22	Mia	108	↓5	6
23	Lillian	106	↑1	28
24	Aubrey	103	↓8	25
25	Paisley	101	↑8	46
26	Nevaeh	95	↑15	73
27	Anna	93	↓4	49
28	Scarlett	92	↑19	18
29	Brooklyn	91	↑1	34
30	Savannah	90	↓2	38
31	Lily	88	↓10	24
32	Avery	86	↓18	16
33	Kennedy	86	↑3	59
34	Autumn	85	↑14	65
35	Sadie	84	↓9	60
36	Serenity	84	↓5	70
37	Aria	83	new	23
38	Kinsley	81	new	86
39	Natalie	81	↓1	31
40	Grace	76	↓5	19
41	Taylor	74	↓12	89
42	London	73	–	>100
43	Mary	72	↓11	>100
44	Madelyn	70	↑5	62
45	Sarah	70	↓1	57
46	Allison	69	new	50
47	Peyton	69	↓8	81
48	Hannah	68	↓5	33
49	Stella	68	new	45
50	Trinity	68	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	William	357	–	3
2	Noah	288	↑2	1
3	James	272	↓1	5
4	Mason	270	↓1	4
5	Elijah	222	–	9
6	Liam	210	–	2
7	John	206	↑2	28
8	Michael	204	↓1	8
9	Carter	199	↑1	26
10	Jackson	192	↓2	17
11	Jacob	175	↑2	7
12	Aiden	170	↓1	16
13	David	168	↑17	19
14	Thomas	166	↑18	48
15	Benjamin	164	↓3	6
16	Grayson	164	↑1	37
17	Charles	159	↑12	52
18	Ethan	158	↓4	10
19	Joshua	157	↑1	35
20	Cameron	155	↓1	57
21	Lucas	154	↑10	14
22	Gabriel	152	↑3	25
23	Christopher	150	–	36
24	Samuel	150	↑9	21
25	Luke	147	↑12	29
26	Henry	142	↑15	22
27	Wyatt	141	↓3	33
28	Logan	140	↓13	18
29	Oliver	140	↑9	12
30	Alexander	138	↓3	11
31	Landon	137	↓10	53
32	Kingston	135	↓10	>100
33	Hunter	132	↑16	45
34	Daniel	130	↓8	13
35	Easton	128	new	66
36	Jaxon	128	↑7	41
37	Joseph	127	↓19	20
38	Jayden	124	↓22	27
39	Caleb	123	↓11	44
40	Colton	123	↓4	68
41	Matthew	123	new	15
42	Robert	123	↑5	62
43	Levi	121	↓9	42
44	Christian	118	↓9	46
45	Bryson	116	↑1	94
46	Jeremiah	116	↓6	58
47	Owen	113	new	24
48	Connor	112	↓9	54
49	Isaac	109	new	31
50	Josiah	109	↓6	55

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